Railway-tie and means for securing rails thereto.



' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS G. SEDBERRY, OF WETUMPKA, ALABAMA.

, RAILWAY- TIE AND MEANS FOR SECURING RAILS THERETO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908.

AppIication filed. April 22, 1907. Serial No. 369,692.

i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Louis G. SEDBERRY, cit zen of Alabama, residing atWetumpka,

' in the county of Elmore and State of Alabama, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties and Means for Securing RailsThereto, of which the following is a specification.

a This invention comprisesa novelform of railroad tie embodying acombined construc- .ition of plastic material, preferably concrete,

and metal. j

' The object of the invention is to provide a tie constructed as abovementioned and in the practical embodiment ofwhitsh, to a certainextent/the customary advantages of the wooden tie, with .reference tocushioning qualities and resiliency, will be secured.

The invention includes, furthermore, novel means for securing rails tothe tie, which means will be more specifically described hereinafter.

For a full understanding of theinvention and the merits thereof and alsoto'acquire a knowledge of the details of "construction of the means fore'fi'ecting the result, reference -,is to be had to the accompanyingdrawing and following description, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tie and rail securing meansembodying theinvention; Fig. '2 is a vertical sectional view taken onthe line 22 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the tie, partiallybroken away showing the rail securing means at one side of the rail, insection, and the similar means at the opposite side of the rail inelevation; Fig. 4 isa vertical sectional view similar to Fig. 2, takenon the line 44 of 'Fig. 5; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showingthe construction disclosed in Fig. 4; Fig. 6 embodies afurthermodification of the invention; Fig. 7 is a top plan view bringing outmore clearly the construction shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 8 is a view similarto Fig. 7 but showing the construction of the modification in Fig. 6Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view of one of the clamps shown inFig. 1. Fig. 10 is a detail perspective view of one of the clampsshownin the modification in Fig. 4.; Fig. 11 is a detail view of one ofthe clamps shown in the modification in Fig. 6, and Fig. 12 is an- 1other view of the clamp shown in Fig. 11.

Corresponding and like parts are referred, to in thefollowingdescriptlon and indicated Specifically describing theinvention, and referring to theconstruction shown in Flgs. 1, 2, and 3,inclusive, the numeral 1 indicates a tie which is of plastic materialsuch as concrete, or the like. In the body of the tie 1 is molded orotherwise embedded or applied, a

metal beam or body 2. The beam 2 may be described to be of the usualI-form comprising a central vertical Web and opposite heads formedlongitudinally of the said web, said heads being" ,desi nated 2. Thebeam 2 has the lowermost 0 its heads 2 and nearly the whole of the webconnecting the heads 2 embedded in the plastic material of the tie 1,the uppermost head 2*, however, being arranged slightly above the top ofthe tie with its opposite longitudinal edge portions spaced therefrom.The beam 2 of the tie 1 1s designed to support the rails 3 which may bedisposed upon the tie, under actual conditions of service, peculiarmeans being em ployed to attach the rails thereto.

As shown in Fig. 1 the securing means for the rails 3 comprise oppositeengaging memhere 4 each of said members being provided with an upwardlycurving flange 5 engaging over the adj accnt portion of the base of therails 3, and each member 4 being also provided at its longitud nal edgeswith down wardly projecting flanges 6 adapted to en gage beneath therails 3 in the manner shown.

It will be apparent that the engaging members 4 may move longitudinallyof the beam 2 in order that they may be readily positioned in properengagement with the base of the rail. in order to secure the-engagingmembers 4 in engagement with the rail 3, suitable clamp plates 7 areused, said plates being attached to the upper head 2 of the beam 2by'means of suitable fastenings 8 which pass through slots 9 in theclamp plates and through openings rovided in the said head 2. The slots9 of t 1e clamp plates 7 permit of adjustment of the plates toaccommodate for adjustment in the position of the engaging members 4,should the latter be used in cooperation with rails of different sizes.An end portion of each of the clamp plates 7 extends over the outerportionof the theinvention in which the engaging memrail with which'theycooperate.

bars 4? are secured in position upon the uper head 2- of the beam 2 byspecial means. in this instance, the engaging members 4* are eachprovided at the sides 6 thereof with downwardly extending flanges 6having lateral openin s therethrough. Wedges 10 are adapted to be forcedthrough the openings in the flanges 6*, and through 0 enings in the webor central portion of the cam 2,'in order to secure the members 4 to thebeam 2, and in engagement with the rail 3. The wedges 10 are shown mostclearly in Figs. 5 and 7 and it Will be noted that said wedges not onlycom rise means for securing the members 4 om displacement from the beam2 but they co6perate to effect movement thereof on the beam 2 to 'causethe latter to engage hard against the base of the When the wedges havebeen inserted and roperly operated upon to secure the mem ers 4 an therails 3 in position upon the beam 2, the

smaller extremities of said wedges are turned laterally as shown at-10to prevent acciden- 'tal displacement of these members.

The modified adaptation of the invention 8, is substantially the sameembodiment thereof as disclosed in that 'ust above described. In thisinstance,

owever, the engaging members 11 are made 1 of cast metal, being .securedin place by wedges 12 cooperating therewith in substan sides of the r'airail.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my' tially the same manner, as themembers 10 co-act with the members 4* above described. In theconstruction shown in Figs. 6 and 8 the members comprising the inventionare formed for the purpose of giving a mazgimum amount of rigidity andstrength, aft'ei the same have been applied to the tie and'incooperation with the rails. In this instance a main rail and uardrails,-, ,designated 3, are shown, and a fiIler-blocklS is interposedbetween said rails. This construction is one which is common in railroadstructure, so far as the general arrangement of the parts is Iconcerned.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is Incombination with a tie including a longitudinal head, a rail seatedthereon, engaging members a each engaging member consisting of a platehaving its longitudinal edges bent downwardly to form flanges enplied tothe head at opposite gaging the head at opposite edges thereof, an

end 'of each engaging member being bent u wardly at an inclination so asto overla t e adjacent basal ortion of the rail an the flanges thereofffeing extended beneath the inclined end and spaced therefrom inengagement with the underside of the railbase,

and members secured to the head of the tie. members aforesaid in an.

to hold the engaging adjusted position in engagement with the signaturein presence of two witnesses.

I LOUIS G. SEDBERRY'.

Witnesses E. J. CAIN, C. Q. McMoRRIs.

